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INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily Abbate

Every run is a new version of you. That's the thing nobody tells you when you're standing there in your first pair of running shoes, wondering if you're allowed to call yourself a runner yet. You are. You already are. You were the moment you decided to lace up, not the moment someone else decided you'd earned it.

In the first episode of our After Dark Tour series, I’m sitting down with Emily Abbate from the Hurdle podcast. Emily started running in 2008 the way a lot of us do, hoping to improve her health, and ended up gaining so much more — self confidence, happiness, and a new passion. We talk about the difference between running for a goal and running for your soul, why community is the thing she wishes she'd trusted sooner, and why a hilly and humid course in LA turned into one of her favorite race memories ever.

We also get into what I think coaching actually is. Spoiler: it's not building something that wasn't there. It's uncovering something that already was. If you're new to the sport, or new to After Dark Tour, or just need a reminder of why you started, this one's for you.

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Episode 150. Come Back
It's not about being away. It's about coming back. Could be about coming back to running or the team or racing or coming back to record another podcast after a few weeks away. This episode is all about making sure that if and when you decide to come back you come back as best as you can and coming back as best as you can means doing... well, you're going to need to listen to the episode to find out what exactly you need to do to come back as best as you can. 
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Episode 149. Lessons From The Road
I've been on the road a lot lately. I was in Berlin. I was in Washington, DC. I was in Boston. I was in London. I was in Copenhagen. I was in Amsterdam. I was in New Jersey. I'm in Chicago. And I'll be in Bolder in just a few days. Explains why this episode is being dropped a few days later than usual. Also explains my inability to fall asleep when it's time for bed. But all this travel also inspired this episode. Because all this travel has inspired me. Actually, it's not the travel. It's all of you that I've met and spoken to and hugged and cheered on that inspired me. It's your stories and your running that has inspired me. So, I'm sharing what I saw and what I heard. I'm sharing what I learned. I'm sharing lessons from the road. 
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Episode 148. Running Isn't Complicated. Runners Are. 
Sure, running may seem complicated. But, it's not. Don't let the internet and social media fool you. Running is a simple sport. It's the runners that make it complicated. And that's what also makes the sport so interesting and always fresh. You are in fact a new version of yourself each and every time you come back to the starting line for a new run. 
So, sit back or start a run or go for a walk and enjoy this episode where I break down what not complicated about running and how we runners add our complication to make running... not complicated... but maybe not so simple either. Sounds complicated doesn't it? Well, don't worry. It's not. 
Cheers and thank you for listening, 
Coach Bennett
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Episode 147. 5 Ways To Build More Endurance
Endurance. You need it for just about anything great in life. And that absolutely includes running. Because running is one of the great things in life. That's why we're going to talk about some way to build more endurance so you can run and live more. Some of the ways are obvious. Which is why they get overlooked. And some are not so obvious. Which is why they also get overlooked. Well, none of them will get overlooked by you anymore... assuming you listen to this episode.
Chears and thank you for listening to the show,
Coach Bennett
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